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Film Review: The Revolutionary Optimists

Inspired by their teacher, children in the slums of Calcutta become community activists.

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| Fri Apr. 5, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Obama Proposes Making Food Aid Less Insane

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| Thu Apr. 4, 2013 10:26 PM PDT

Charts: How Foreign Firms Flood America With Guns—and Get Rich Doing It

We import millions of firearms from nations with far stricter gun control laws than the United States.

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| Thu Apr. 4, 2013 3:00 AM PDT
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The Taliban Are Inadvertently Really Good at Endangered Falcon Conservation

On a related note, whales benefited greatly from the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

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| Wed Apr. 3, 2013 2:21 PM PDT

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Selling Solar Power in India's Slums

As more and more Indians get on the grid, the government's pushing solar.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 1:22 PM PDT
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Climate Change Making Extreme Weather Worse in Australia, Report Says

Draught, brushfires, and sea level rise will continue wreaking havoc unless something is done.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 1:06 PM PDT
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Who Gets to Decide How We Cool Off Earth's Climate?

Geoengineering projects could help fix climate change, but they could also have huge, unintended consequences.

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| Mon Apr. 1, 2013 11:18 AM PDT

UN Adopts Historic Arms Trade Treaty Despite NRA Opposition

The United States Senate is not expected to approve it, however.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 11:58 AM PDT
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With Israel, Obama Is Walking the High Wire With His Eyes Closed

The press called last week's Middle East visit a success, but everything could come crashing down in an instant.

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| Tue Apr. 2, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Look at This Drone Deaths Interactive

A West Coast data visualization shop has created a controversial visualization of every attack by the US and coalition forces in Pakistan since 2004.

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| Thu Mar. 28, 2013 7:18 AM PDT
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Look at This Visualization of Drone Strike Deaths

A California data design company has just put out a controversial new drone data project.

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| Wed Mar. 27, 2013 10:31 AM PDT

First Dead Pigs. Now Dead Ducks. China, What's Next?

Just as the torrent of dead hogs subsided, 1,000 dead ducks washed up on the shores of a Chinese river.

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| Tue Mar. 26, 2013 12:19 PM PDT
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The US Has Officially Transferred Controversial Bagram Prison to the Afghan Government

A look at why the detention center is so controversial.

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| Mon Mar. 25, 2013 12:01 PM PDT

Sneaky House Bill Would Gut Financial Reform

The bill purports to be about rules on banks in foreign countries, but it would loosen regulations on many big US financial institutions too.

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| Thu Mar. 21, 2013 6:09 AM PDT
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The Pentagon Is Spending $1 Billion to Protect America From North Korea's Nonexistent Long-Range Nuclear Missiles

... and GOP congressmen love the idea.

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| Mon Mar. 18, 2013 7:59 AM PDT

Conservatives Outraged About Mountaintop Removal in Tennessee... By Chinese Company

"We're proud that Tennessee is a red state," says one ad. "But just how red are we willing to go?"

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| Tue Mar. 19, 2013 10:33 AM PDT

NRA Targets UN Arms Trade Treaty, Again

The country's chief gun lobby has renewed efforts to kill international arms regulations it falsely claims would cripple the Second Amendment.

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| Mon Mar. 18, 2013 1:03 AM PDT

PHOTOS: Out of Saddam's Shadow

Ten years after the US-led invasion, Iraqi Kurdistan is thriving.

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 | Fri Mar. 15, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

Poped Out

I expected little from the conclave's decision. Looks like my expectations have been met.

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| Wed Mar. 13, 2013 1:39 PM PDT
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The Most Radioactive Man on Earth Has the Kindest Heart

Everyone left Japan's triple disaster zone near Fukushima. Except Naoto Matsumura, who went back to care for his farm animals. Two years later, he's still there.

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| Tue Mar. 12, 2013 3:36 AM PDT